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Politics and Philosophy: Niccolò Machiavelli and Louis Althusser's Aleatory Materialism

Translated by Gareth Griffiths, Translated by Kristina Kölhi, By (author) Mikko Lahtinen

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Louis Althusser’s interpretation of Niccolò Machiavelli has never really been studied in any detail as an analysis of political action and intervention. The same is also true for Althusser’s notion of aleatory materialism. Instead, these have conventionally been studied from the viewpoint of a philosophical perspective in which politics is excluded. The objective of the present book thus runs against many of the prevailing views on Althusser. Here the emphasis is placed on Althusser's advancement of a theory of materialist politics. The main argument put forward is that, for Althusser, it was essential to reflect on how the conjunctural understanding of history and reality could offer a theoretical starting point for a subversive political strategy.

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Publisher | Brill
Published date | 30 Jun 2009
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 352
Dimensions | 240 x 160 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 751g
ISBN | 978-9-0041-7650-8
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BISAC | political science / political ideologies / communism & socialism

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